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Job Title: Employment Specialist

Program: Career Services

Location: 725 Airport Road, Lakewood, NJ

Position Type: Full Time

Job Description/Summary

The Employment Specialist assists consumers in choosing, getting and keeping a job. Assists the consumer with job readiness and job-seeking skills such as interviewing, job search, applications, seeking other services and resources as needed for the consumer. Provides job coaching and community skills such as time management, public transportation, money management and job literacy skills.

Essential Job function

• The Employment Specialist assists our consumers in choosing, getting and keeping a job.
• Performs the role of case manager offering guidance and support with job seeking skills including interviewing and applications. Seeks other services and resources as needed. Provides job coaching and MH supports
• Knowledge of work practices such as environmental preference, safety, ,entitlements,
• Provides timely and effective advocacy, consultation, service coordination, evaluation, written reports, and contacts to community resources and related professionals as required by PBHG standards and consumer needs.

Competencies

• Demonstrates proficiency in verbal and written communication
• Effectively uses outreach to engage consumers into program
• Performs job responsibility with a minimum supervision
• Creativity/problem solving. Has good ideas and solutions and will seek out assistance when needed
• Completes timely and evidenced based documentation to departmental and agency standards

Qualifications

• Education BA in human services or AA plus 2 years
• experience in providing human services or 5 years human service experience
• Valid NJ Driver's License-Good Driving Record

Comprehensive Benefits Package:

o Medical and Dental Insurance

o 403(b) Retirement Plan

o Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays

o Disability and Life Insurance

o Employee Assistance Program

o Voluntary Benefits, such as Vision Insurance, Aflac, Pet Insurance

o Training opportunities

o Employee Referral Bonus program

o Flexible Savings Account and Health Savings Account

Preferred Behavioral Health Group requires all qualified candidates to be fully vaccinated upon their first day of employment. Requests for reasonable accommodation due to disability or religious belief will be considered.

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